Designates records and information relating to a patient who has been deceased for a period of fifty years or longer as historic records no longer subject to privacy protections

The bill was amended to clarify that records of patients deceased for fifty years or more are designated as 'historic records' and are no longer subject to privacy protections. The amendment also added a procedural note indicating the bill was favorably reported by the Mental Health Committee and ordered to a third reading. The substantive policy change remains the same: allowing descendants to access these old records without privacy barriers.